Gentlemen, if I may direct your attention here - you'll notice a rare individual of the species criticus cogitans, as he strives to bring rationality to the discussion. Notice the sincere effort to evaluate the content of "The Fucking Article" (as the natives call it), even going so far as to actually investigate the validity of the claims reported in TFA. Notice, also, how he was not able to write his post quickly enough to have it anywhere near the top of the page (the most desired location for this, and many other, internet tribes), and thus has been muscled out of the pecking (and modding) order by those members of his tribe who were able to more quickly spit out a generic response representing their previously held ideologies, as applied to this topic (monopolies/government-regulation/competitiveness).
Truly, gentlemen, we are observing evolution in action, as this individual will receive less recognition for their efforts than their fellows, precisely because of his desire to exercise his critical thinking abilities. Over time we will be able to observe as lalena (1221394) becomes more and more frustrated with being unable to communicate his ideas to his tribe and be rewarded (this community uses a source of nourishment called "mod points"), until he either dies (see the number of inactive/dead 5-digit or less UID for evidence of this), or must adapt his posting style to cater to the whims of masses, just in the hopes of striking a chord with moderator who holds to a similar ideology. I, myself, was gifted by the tribal leaders with a handful of these mod points, to dole out as I see fit. Unfortunately, I appear to have used them all up on the previous article on Craigslist and prostitution.
Most (almost all) FB games are not actually games. They are a series of clicks with no challenge, no particular set of strategy, no real difference between levels. There exist no actual gameplay elements.
That's why I prefer Progress Quest. It gets rid of all that unnecessary clicking (carpal tunnel risk). Sweet! I just leveled up while I was writing this post!
With the advances in facial recognition software, and the plethora of identifying/labeled photos on the web, it's only a matter of time before 90+% of people (in developed countries) will be able to be identified by anyone with a smartphone (think Google-Goggles-for-faces app). Because of Facebook members posting and labeling pics of non-Facebook-members, you don't even have to participate in order to be easily identifiable.
I was with you until "dowsing rods". What kind of looney believes in dowsing rods!?! You're obviously a mole for the Illuminati/IMF, just trying to earn our trust, so you can steal our gold, and replace us with vat-grown clones! Did you think we'd be so easily taken!? What kind of gullible morons do you take us for!? Hah!
there are some decommissioned missile sites out there for sale. here is one site with listings.
anyone with enough tin foil and a couple million $ can have their very own underground fortress!
Are you crazy?! That's exactly what the government wants you to do! When all of us who know the truth have finally situated ourselves all locked up tight in these bunkers they'll open the doors to the real missile bunker right beneath us - and then nuke us, minimizing collateral damage. That's why those bunkers are built so strong - not to prevent attacks from the outside getting in, but to prevent fallout/etc from the inside getting out!
Also, the lack of two of my favorites Francis Bacon and Karl Popper, two of the most influential minds in separating the empirical sciences from metaphysics and pseudo-sciences.
I booked a ferry crossing from the UK to France through Brittany Ferries' website, and since then I've often been presented with adverts for Brittany Ferries
Just wait until they re-sell your purchasing preferences data, and you start getting stalked by "Britain Fairies - Satisfying All Your Pooftah Needs" adverts...
1. First they ignore you 2. then they laugh at you, 3. then they fight you, 4. then you quote Gandhi 5. ??? 6. Profit
First they came for the historical-figure quoters, and I did not speak up, because I did not quote historical figures. Then they came for the South-Park-quoters, and I did not speak up, because The Simpsons already did that. Then they came for those who Godwin threads, but there were no mod points left to mod me up.
Because that would be stupidly expensive, unfeasible, and would punish the innocent as well as the guilty. But then you knew that already and are fully aware that nobody is suggesting that every single vehicle be equipped with one.
Found this posted a little further down the page (although it was posted at the same time you posted your reply).
If someone's the cop, someone's got to be the robber, someone's got to be the pirate, somebody's got to be the alien
Cops and robbers, sure, but who the fuck ever heard of playing pirates and aliens? Who's even the bad guy in that scenario?
I interpreted it as presenting pirates and aliens as being the "bad guy" choices, each in their own scenarios: Ninjas vs. Pirates Predators vs Aliens Or, more controversially, and less played-by-children: RIAA/MPAA vs Pirates ICE vs Aliens
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What is it with Apple and the network stack? First IOS, now Ping. What's next, GPS for the iPhone called Traceroute?
Nah, it's gonna be their "Geo-Locate Caller" service: TRON.
Better the hot, ionizing radiation of a nuclear warhead. It's the only way to be sure.
Gentlemen, if I may direct your attention here - you'll notice a rare individual of the species criticus cogitans, as he strives to bring rationality to the discussion. Notice the sincere effort to evaluate the content of "The Fucking Article" (as the natives call it), even going so far as to actually investigate the validity of the claims reported in TFA. Notice, also, how he was not able to write his post quickly enough to have it anywhere near the top of the page (the most desired location for this, and many other, internet tribes), and thus has been muscled out of the pecking (and modding) order by those members of his tribe who were able to more quickly spit out a generic response representing their previously held ideologies, as applied to this topic (monopolies/government-regulation/competitiveness).
Truly, gentlemen, we are observing evolution in action, as this individual will receive less recognition for their efforts than their fellows, precisely because of his desire to exercise his critical thinking abilities. Over time we will be able to observe as lalena (1221394) becomes more and more frustrated with being unable to communicate his ideas to his tribe and be rewarded (this community uses a source of nourishment called "mod points"), until he either dies (see the number of inactive/dead 5-digit or less UID for evidence of this), or must adapt his posting style to cater to the whims of masses, just in the hopes of striking a chord with moderator who holds to a similar ideology. I, myself, was gifted by the tribal leaders with a handful of these mod points, to dole out as I see fit. Unfortunately, I appear to have used them all up on the previous article on Craigslist and prostitution.
tl;dr: Mod Parent Up!!
While we are trying to use maths to solve pretty much everything, maybe the thing that is flawed is our numbering system?!?
Hear, hear!
From now on I propose the following for the new numbering system:
1. Thou shall count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.
2. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
3. The largest number is 45,000,000,000.
'out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.'
So should we not play as Nazi's and Japanese in WW 2 games?
Or any Civil War games...
Most (almost all) FB games are not actually games. They are a series of clicks with no challenge, no particular set of strategy, no real difference between levels. There exist no actual gameplay elements.
That's why I prefer Progress Quest. It gets rid of all that unnecessary clicking (carpal tunnel risk).
Sweet! I just leveled up while I was writing this post!
With the advances in facial recognition software, and the plethora of identifying/labeled photos on the web, it's only a matter of time before 90+% of people (in developed countries) will be able to be identified by anyone with a smartphone (think Google-Goggles-for-faces app). Because of Facebook members posting and labeling pics of non-Facebook-members, you don't even have to participate in order to be easily identifiable.
With a name like jolyonr, I would have guessed you would imitate Thor... :-P
...as well as the most worthless trolls on the internet.
/. has the most worthless trolls on the internet?!? Have you been to 4chan? eBaums? Youtube?!
This summary is an absolute nightmare.
I just assumed it was written by the marketing team for Sex Panther.
You just flushed an on-topic "Frosty Piss" opportunity down the drain! I'm infurinated at the waste. Now wee'll have to make doo with bad puns...
I was with you until "dowsing rods". What kind of looney believes in dowsing rods!?! You're obviously a mole for the Illuminati/IMF, just trying to earn our trust, so you can steal our gold, and replace us with vat-grown clones! Did you think we'd be so easily taken!? What kind of gullible morons do you take us for!? Hah!
there are some decommissioned missile sites out there for sale. here is one site with listings.
anyone with enough tin foil and a couple million $ can have their very own underground fortress!
Are you crazy?! That's exactly what the government wants you to do! When all of us who know the truth have finally situated ourselves all locked up tight in these bunkers they'll open the doors to the real missile bunker right beneath us - and then nuke us, minimizing collateral damage. That's why those bunkers are built so strong - not to prevent attacks from the outside getting in, but to prevent fallout/etc from the inside getting out!
Also, the lack of two of my favorites Francis Bacon and Karl Popper, two of the most influential minds in separating the empirical sciences from metaphysics and pseudo-sciences.
Plato and Aristotle appeared approximately one thousand years too early to be included in this map...
Plato (b. 426 BC)
Little details like that.
Critical thinking indeed.
The ironing is delicious.
I booked a ferry crossing from the UK to France through Brittany Ferries' website, and since then I've often been presented with adverts for Brittany Ferries
Just wait until they re-sell your purchasing preferences data, and you start getting stalked by "Britain Fairies - Satisfying All Your Pooftah Needs" adverts...
GO SPARTIANS!
Your alma mater must be so proud. :-P
1. First they ignore you
2. then they laugh at you,
3. then they fight you,
4. then you quote Gandhi
5. ???
6. Profit
First they came for the historical-figure quoters, and I did not speak up, because I did not quote historical figures.
Then they came for the South-Park-quoters, and I did not speak up, because The Simpsons already did that.
Then they came for those who Godwin threads, but there were no mod points left to mod me up.
Even we on Earth are already emitting more electromagnetic radiation than the sun
[citation needed]
Citation Granted
I'm sure it's in there somewhere :-P
However the fact that a physical system -brain- can do it proves that it can also be engineered.
You seem to have begged the question of whether or not the mind is a product of a purely physical system.
Please ignore this poster - it's just a bot I wrote years ago to troll philosophy boards.
Very interesting to hear, how you came to that conclusion.
I just knew Shatner posted on /.
Because that would be stupidly expensive, unfeasible, and would punish the innocent as well as the guilty. But then you knew that already and are fully aware that nobody is suggesting that every single vehicle be equipped with one.
Found this posted a little further down the page (although it was posted at the same time you posted your reply).
Cops and robbers, sure, but who the fuck ever heard of playing pirates and aliens? Who's even the bad guy in that scenario?
I interpreted it as presenting pirates and aliens as being the "bad guy" choices, each in their own scenarios:
Ninjas vs. Pirates
Predators vs Aliens
Or, more controversially, and less played-by-children:
RIAA/MPAA vs Pirates
ICE vs Aliens
Ah, cyber-offensive capabilities...
Is that where the drone uses a MITM attack to insert itself into an ICQ conversation as user "bloodninja"?